- 34 - The CPT recommends that the authorities institute a practice of carrying out thorough inquiries into deaths in custody to ascertain, inter alia, the cause of death, the facts leading up to the death, including any contributing factors, and whether the death might have been prevented. Further, whenever a person dies in prison (or soon after transfer from prison), an autopsy should be carried out41 and the prison’s management and medical services should be informed of the outcome. In addition, an analysis should be undertaken of each death in prison to consider what general lessons may be learned for the prison in which the death occurred and whether in the case of self-inflicted death there are any systemic, nationwide measures that need to be taken. Further, as regards the three deaths in custody referred to in paragraphs 129 and 140 of the report on the 2009 visit, the Committee is still waiting to receive the outcome of any inquiries (including the autopsy reports) into these deaths. 7. Other issues 77. In addition to medical screening on arrival, the reception and first night procedures as a whole have an important role to play; performed properly, they can identify at least certain of those at risk of self-harm and relieve some of the anxiety experienced by all newly-arrived prisoners. Regrettably, no action had been taken to introduce rigorous admission procedures in the prisons visited further to the CPT’s recommendation in the report on the 2009 visit42. The CPT reiterates its recommendation that the Greek authorities introduce proper reception and first night procedures as well as an induction process for all prisoners being admitted to a prison, with a priority placed on those establishments which are points of entry to the prison system. 78. The CPT has repeatedly emphasised the importance for all persons deprived of their liberty to maintain good contact with the outside world. However, despite the Prison Law of 1999 (see Articles 51 to 58) recognising the importance of such contacts, little action appears to have been taken to implement the Committee’s recommendations in this area as regards visits. The general rule remains a weekly visit of 30 minutes or less under closed conditions (i.e. allowing no physical contact between the prisoner and the visitor); at Korydallos Men’s Prison, inmates were only permitted one visit every month. The CPT calls upon the Greek authorities to review the arrangements for visits, with a view to increasing the amount of visiting time offered to at least one hour every week, and allowing ordinary visits to take place under less restrictive conditions. The use of closed booth-type facilities should be the exception rather than the rule. 41 42 The Committee acknowledges that there may be highly exceptional cases in which, as prescribed by law, an independent authority may decide that an autopsy is not required. See CPT/Inf (2010) 33, paragraph 141.